Rachelle A. Polsky

rachelle.polsky@lw.com

+1.415.395.8169

rachelle.polsky@lw.com

Profile

Rachelle Polsky represents clients in their highest stakes transactions.

Rachelle advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, private and public companies, and investors on US and cross-border transactions across multiple business sectors, including:

Public and private mergers and acquisitions
Controlling and minority investments
Add-on acquisitions and portfolio company exits
Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
Carve-outs
Venture capital financings

She draws on extensive experience, including a secondment to Silver Lake, to help clients execute transformational deals.

Before and during law school, Rachelle worked in the international legal and business affairs department of a mini-major film studio and as a paralegal at a boutique entertainment law firm in New York City.

Experience

Rachelle’s representative experience includes advising:

Skydance Media on its merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
Silver Lake on its ongoing portfolio management and numerous transactions, including its:
- Partnership with the NFL and TMRW Sports to launch a professional flag football league
- Acquisition of a 51% stake in Intel’s Altera business
- Lead participation, along with DigitalBridge, in a US$9.2 billion equity investment round by Vantage Data Centers
- Investment in ProService
- US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
- Acquisition of, and numerous transactions for, TEG, Asia Pacific’s leading live entertainment and ticketing company
- Portfolio company, Clari’s, merger with Salesloft
KKR on its ongoing portfolio management and numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of BlueSprig Pediatrics and Trumpet Behavioral Health
TPG’s Integrated Media Company on its ongoing portfolio management and numerous transactions, including its acquisition of StackSocial
Behrman Capital on its ongoing portfolio management and numerous transactions, including its:
- US$250 million continuation vehicle for Shur-Co
- Sale of Pelican Products to Platinum Equity
- Acquisition of The Thermal Group
Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of Xpress Wellness
Purigen Biosystems on its acquisition by Bionano Genomics
Fandom on its:
- US$146.3 million sale of D&D Beyond to Hasbro
- Acquisition of a portfolio of entertainment and gaming brands from Red Ventures
NVIDIA on its terminated US$40 billion acquisition of Arm
Vroom on its acquisition of CarStory
Postmates on its US$2.65 billion sale to Uber Technologies
Aimmune on its US$2.6 billion acquisition by Nestlé
Invictus Growth Partners on its acquisition of Revation Systems (n/k/a LinkLive)